Lady Bug.

Stag

Super speedy lunch sketches for the moment.

Quick Bug.

PC died a while back so theres been a big lack of bugs on here recentley, quick lunchtime sketch.

Wasp.

Ladybird Spider

 

Lots of camping over the last month so this is the first post for August I think.

Blue Beetle.

 

 

Not sure of this guys name, found the image on Google. Nice looking bug though.

Vietnamese Spider

 

 

Original photo reference taken by Richard Seaman check it out.

Dung Beetle.

EEEEURGH! A month without my PC drove me crazy but its fixed now.

Millipede.

Had some great advice from Dom whilst painting this one.

Tree Bee

 

This week I had a close encounter with a hive of Tree Bees that had made a nest in an external vent that led into my bedroom. There was no way I'd consider removineg the hive, so I blocked their access to my room, and now I get to enjoy watching them drone around in the garden.

Moth.

 

The suggestion was a moth with a 'curly tongue' by Adam.

Blue Bottle

Not done any paintings for BUGSnSHIT for a couple of weeks because of work, holidays and my PC deciding to die. Using the old back up laptop at the moment and its terrible, there is a one to two second delay at times between making a brush stroke and seeing it appear. 

Steel Blue Cricket Hunter.

 

Suggested by Matt.

Spiny Flower Mantis

 

Suggested by Amber.

Dog Day Cicada

 

This one was suggested by Matt.

Rosy Maple Moth

 

No suggestions this week so I chose this bug.

Hornet Moth.

 

Suggested by Rich.

Thorn Bug

 

Suggested by Sarah.

Giant Australian Mantis

 

 

Suggested by Phil.

Hickory Horned Devil.

 

This was suggested by Sarah

Eastern Hercules Beetle

Eastern Hercules Beetle, suggested by Adam. 

Puss Moth Caterpillar

 

Another suggestion by Gerry *weird caterpillar*

Ladybird.

Sea Cucumber

I've had this image of a sea cucumber in my reference images for a few years now, the blog provided a good opportunity for me to do a speed painting of it.



Cockroach

Madagascar has an amazing amount of wildlife, this is the Madagascan Hissing Cockroach.

This one was suggested by Gerry.

 

Woodlouse.

This one was suggested by Grancho.

 

ANT

So I've started a new blog. I am going to run it for a whole year. Not going to bother trying to post a painting/sketch everyday because my social life is scarce enough that when something does come up I want to take up the opportunity rather than worry about updating a digital blog.

Its bugs n shit because I like invertebrates, they are so much more interesting than furry animals with their unusual shapes, sizes and adaptations to environments.

I still have a little something that I work on in my own time to further my dream of a more professional artist career, but ultimately I have realised that I am not cut out for the industry in a lot of ways. So why should I not just relax and enjoy messing around with my art time rather than forcing my self to work on things that are not going to get me anywhere.

I wonder what my thoughts will be on December the 31st 2016 about this, I hope I will be able to pull something positive out of it.